Sample NC Wills & Probate Cases

... Because we believe genuine issues of material fact remain as to the question of undue influence,
we reverse the Court of Appeals, which, in a divided opinion, affirmed the trial court's grant of
summary judgment to Mrs. Jones and its order for the will to be accepted for probate. ...

... On 22 June 2007, decedent died in propounder's home. Propounder attempted to probate
the will on 25 June 2007, but when Ms. Weithe informed propounder that the firm could not
handle the matter until August 2007, propounder sought other counsel. ...

... UNPUBLISHED OPINION. THIGPEN, Judge. Respondents, the administrators of the Estate of
Johnnie H. Fortner, Sr. ("the Estate"), appeal from an order awarding attorney's fees to petitioner's
attorney for "his services in opposing the probate of a paper writing.". ...

... STEPHENS, Judge. Junior Warren Beane ("Decedent") died on 22 August 2002. His widow, Joan
K. Beane ("Propounder"), submitted his will dated 16 November 1999 ("1999 Will") to the Clerk
of Superior Court of Richmond County for probate in common form. ...

... The General Assembly has specified that. [t]he clerk of superior court of each county, ex officio
judge of probate, shall have jurisdiction of the administration, settlement, and distribution of estates
of decedents including, but not limited to, the following: (1) Probate of wills; ...